Technology and assessments seem like natural partners—after all, the goal of assessments is to collect data on student progress. But as leaders of the Lexington School District Two (LEX2) in South Carolina discovered, just collecting data is not enough.
Presented by Kristie Shelley, M.Ed., Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum, Lexia® Learning; and Cynthia Peng, MA TESOL, Manager of Educational Content for Lexia® English Language Development, Lexia® Learning
With modern assessments, teachers don’t want students to just recite facts from their lessons–teachers want to know whether or not students understand the skills and how to use them. And while there are pencil-and-paper assessments that can provide this information, presenters from a recent edLeader Panel believe, when available, video offers a powerful alternative.
Presented by Kristina Smekens, President and Lead Consultant, Smekens Education
Presented by Seth Aldrich, Ph.D., New York State Licensed Psychologist and Bilingual School Psychologist; and Alejandra Estrada-Burt, Ed.D., Co-Principal, Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School (MN)
Presented by Doris Zahner, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer, Council for Aid to Education; Leighann Lenti, Chief of Partnership, University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education; and Matt Montaño, Superintendent, Bernalillo Public Schools (NM)
Presented by Tammy Miller, Chief Academic Officer, Readable English; and Becky Mungle, Professional Development Director, Readable English
Moderated by Rita Ferrandino, Innovation Consultant, Catalyst @ Penn GSE – University of Pennsylvania, and Founding Partner, Arc Capital Development
Presented by Shaun Conway, Manager, Partner Solutions, Screencastify
Moderated by Nate Jones, Partnerships Manager, Screencastify
Presented by Dr. Kim Gibbons, Director, Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, University of Minnesota
Presented by Lindsay Vanderburg, District Instructional Specialist, Secondary Reading Language Arts, Killeen Independent School District (TX); and Cortney Kingery-Ragan, Lead Teacher, Early College High School English Department, Killeen Independent School District (TX)